Quantitative Research for Chaplains and Health Care Professionals: A Primer

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Kevin J. Flannelly Laura T. Flannelly (Centre for Psychosocial Research, NY, USA)

Quantitative Research for Chaplains and Health Care Professionals

A Primer

Kevin J. Flannelly, Laura T. Flannelly (Centre for Psychosocial Research, NY, USA), Katherine R.B. Jankowski (Iona College, NY, USA)

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Routledge
20 November 2018

Research methods: general; Religion: general; Social work; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Health & Self-Help

This book takes readers from very basic research concepts, such as ‘causality’ and ‘variables’, to the application of different types of statistical analyses. The first two chapters introduce the scientific method and causality, and assess the degree to which the major types of research designs used in health care studies allow researchers to make causal inferences. The book concludes with a detailed description of the seven critical factors that must be controlled to draw causal inferences from experimental studies. The rest of the book covers levels of measurement, i.e. nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales; operational definitions; risk factors, independent and dependent variables, and other kinds of variables; how to calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and variability; the normal curve; commonly used measures of association and what they mean; criteria that have been suggested for inferring causality from nonexperimental research; and different types of t-tests.

This book provides fundamental and practical knowledge about research methodology that is essential for health care chaplains, and students and professionals in other health care fields and the social sciences.

The chapters in this book were originally published as articles in the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy.

By: Kevin J. Flannelly, Laura T. Flannelly (Centre for Psychosocial Research, NY, USA), Katherine R.B. Jankowski (Iona College, NY, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781138350779
ISBN 10: 113835077X
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 20 November 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Scientific Method and Its Application to Chaplaincy; 2. Research Designs and Making Causal Inferences from Health Care Studies; 3. Fundamentals of Measurement in Health Care Research; 4. Operational Definitions in Research on Religion and Health; 5. Independent, Dependent, and Other Variables in Healthcare and Chaplaincy Research; 6. Measures of Central Tendency in Chaplaincy, Health Care, and Related Research; 7. Measures of Variability in Chaplaincy, Health Care, and Related Research 8. Studying Associations in Health Care Research 9. The t-test: An Influential Inferential Tool in Chaplaincy and Other Healthcare Research; 10. Threats to the Internal Validity of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research in Healthcare

Kevin J. Flannelly has over 150 peer-reviewed publications, including studies in various areas of psychology and articles about chaplaincy, clergy, research methods, and the association of religion with physical and mental health. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy from 2008 through 2017. Laura T. Flannelly has published articles on nursing, chaplaincy, and research methodology. She was an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA, where she taught psychiatric nursing in the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. Katherine R. B. Jankowski has co-authored articles in the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, the Journal of Adult Development, and the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science. Her research focuses on spirituality and adult development. She is an Adjunct Professor at Iona College, New Rochelle, USA.